CDC Fiscal Year 2015 Funding Profile for

American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes 

and Tribal Organizations

CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee Meeting

February 10, 2016

Georgia Moore, MS

Associate Director for Policy 

CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Office of the Chief Financial Officer
About the Funding Profile Data

• Includes funding CDC/ATSDR 

 Obligated and provided to tribes and tribal organizations as 

primary grantees through cooperative agreements and grants in 

fiscal year (FY) 2015 (October 1, 2014 –September 30, 2015)

 Provided to Tribal Epidemiology Centers through an Interagency 

Agreement with the Indian Health Service

 Awarded to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes or tribal 

organizations through contracts

• “Obligated” refers to new funding (any funding carried over 

from a previous year or years is not included)
About the Funding Profile Data (cont.)

• Excludes

 The value of vaccines purchased by CDC and delivered through 

the Vaccines for Children program

 Any funds transferred to CDC/ATSDR from other federal 

agencies or entities (i.e., funds that are not part of CDC/ATSDR’s 

appropriations)
CDC Funding to AI/AN Tribes and Tribal Organizations:

FY15 Overview and Comparison to FY14

FY14 FY15 Comparison

FY15 +/- FY14 

All Funding 

(grants/cooperative 

agreements/contracts)

$96,740,061 $140,715,200 +$44,025,139

Cooperative Agreement 

and Grant Funding

$36,317,246 $35,578,385 -$738,851

Contract Funding $60,422,815 $105,186,805 +$44,763,990

Number of Grantees 

Funded (cooperative 

agreements and grants)

51 62 +11

Funding Mechanisms 11 funding 

opportunity 

announcements 

(FOAs);

1 grant

11 FOAs;

1 grant

No change in 

total

mechanisms; 

some variation 

in funding FOAs 

and amounts
CDC FY15 Grant and Cooperative Agreement Funding 

to Tribes and Tribal Organizations 

by Funding Center or Office

Funding Center or Office Total FY15 

Funding

National Center for Chronic Disease 

Prevention and Health Promotion

$33,095,944

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral 

Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention $731,911

National Center for Immunization and 

Respiratory Diseases $100,000

Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial 

Support $1,650,530

Total $35,578,385
CDC FY15 Grant and Cooperative Agreement Funding 

by American Indian and Alaska Native Tribe Funded

Tribe Total FY15 Funding* 

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa $100,000 

Catawba Indian Nation $199,804

Cherokee Nation $1,004,300

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe $535,101

Fond du Lac Reservation $255,644

Hopi Tribe $482,694

Kalispel Tribe of Indians $97,067

KAW Nation of Oklahoma $384,877

Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas $240,490

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe $200,000

Navajo Nation $1,211,985

Nez Perce Tribe $200,000

Pascua Yaqui Tribe $100,000

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma $267,346

Pueblo of Santa Ana $120,651

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa $200,000

San Carlos Apache Tribe $186,936

Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska $45,615

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians $1,959,823

Tohono O'odham Nation $143,534

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska $178,393

Total $8,114,260

21 tribes 

funded

*Funding 

totals may 

include 

funding from 

more than 

one CDC 

program and 

FOA/grant
CDC FY15 Funding to AI/AN Tribes and Tribal Organizations by FOA or Grant

Funding Opportunity Announcement or Grant FY15 Funding

DP14-1421: A Comprehensive Approach to Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country 

(Financed solely by Prevention and Public Health Fund) $13,319,266

DP14-1417: Partnerships to Improve Community Health (PICH) $4,201,137

DP14-1419: Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) (Financed in part 

by the Prevention and Public Health Fund) $2,165,957

DP12-1205: Cancer Prevention and Control Programs for State, Territorial and Tribal 

Organizations (Breast and cervical cancer - $6,802,102; Comprehensive cancer control -

$1,811,146) $8,613,248

DP15-1502: Integrating Colorectal Cancer Screening within Chronic Disease Programs $732,400

DP13-1302: Well Integrated Screening and Evaluation for Women Across the Nation 

(WISEWOMAN) $1,001,600

DP13-1314: Consortium of National Networks to Impact Populations Experiencing 

Tobacco-Related and Cancer Health Disparities $622,536

PS13-001: Natural History and Prevention of Viral Hepatitis among Alaska Natives $181,911

PS15-1502: Comprehensive High Impact HIV Prevention Projects for Community-Based 

Organizations $350,000

OT13-1302: OSTLTS Partnerships Building Capacity of the Public Health System to Improve 

Population Health through National, Non-Profit Organizations (Financed in part by 2013 

Prevention and Public Health Fund) $1,612,233

OT13-1303: Tribal Public Health Capacity Building and Quality Improvement $547,067

Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant $91,230

Getting Engaged
Fiscal Year Budget Activities Overlap

• Always: Conducting activities for three fiscal years

• Currently

 FY16: Implementing FY16 budget activities

 FY17 

—President’s FY17 budget released on 2/9/16

—CDC’s FY17 budget materials posted at www.cdc.gov/Budget/

—CDC will begin responding to related budget inquiries and requests, and 

continue planning for FY17

 FY18: Will soon start planning for FY18 budget request

• When to provide input/feedback and engage CDC in program 

and resource planning? 

 Always – NOW!
Examples of Factors CDC Considers in Budget and Program Planning

• Congressional legislation, appropriations, directives, and 

priorities

• Guidance and directives—including priorities and funding 

levels—from White House (through OMB), HHS, and CDC 

director and other CDC leaders

• Evidence base—health statistics; research and program 

results; known best practices and practice-based 

evidence; and results of ASTHO, NACCHO, and other 

surveys of public health system
Examples of Factors CDC Considers in 

Budget and Program Planning (cont.)

• National strategies and action plans

• Input from stakeholders (e.g., health departments, 

grantees, national organizations)

• In FY15 CDC-wide bill language: “$10,000,000 shall be 

available until September 30, 2018, for acquisition of real 

property, equipment, construction, and renovation of 

facilities”
• Is a request; not necessarily what finally receive from Congress

• Statement of funding priorities and strategies for upcoming year

• CDC budget materials:

www.cdc.gov/budget/documents/fy2016/fy-2016-overview-anddetail-table.pdf
Communicate with CDC (and Others) Early and Often

• Community and health department status, needs, 

barriers, ideas, and success stories

• How federal (and even state and local) priorities, 

proposals, bills/legislation/regulation, and resource 

decisions will affect, or are affecting, your health 

department and the public’s health

• How CDC can improve its public health programs, 

activities, services, processes, and resourcing
Some Key Points in Time to Pay Attention

(“Which Way Is the Wind Blowing?” Moments)

• Release of president’s budget and federal agency 

budget materials (usually 1st Monday in Feb)

• Release of House and Senate budget resolutions 

(statements of priorities and intent)

• Release and markups of House and Senate bills

• Congressional press conferences

• Congressional appropriations hearings (usually 

webcast from House and Senate websites)
Some Key Points in Time to Pay Attention

(“Which Way Is the Wind Blowing?” Moments) (cont.)

• Passage and content of final appropriations, 

including committee reports

• Release of funding opportunity announcements 

(FOAs) from federal agencies that put the 

appropriations into action

 Technical assistance webinars for potential applicants

• Initiation of accountability activities and release of 

those results
Communication and Collaboration

• Subscribe to CDC’s email subscription service for news 

and updates (www.cdc.gov/Other/emailupdates/), 

Facebook page or Twitter feed

 What sources of tribal information would you recommend CDC 

staff subscribe to?

• Subscribe to Grants.gov alerts for grant and 

cooperative agreement funding opportunities and 

FedBizOpps.gov for contract opportunities
Communication and Collaboration (cont.)

• Serve on and/or attend meetings of CDC’s advisory 

committees; provide input to committee members 

representing you; provide written statement or 

testimony, when applicable

 CDC federal advisory committees—

www.cdc.gov/about/advisory.htm

 CDC/ATSDR Tribal Advisory Committee

 State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Subcommittee to the Advisory 

Committee to the Director

• Participate in the twice-yearly CDC/ATSDR Tribal 

Consultation and/or request a specific tribal consultation
Communication and Collaboration (cont.)

 Communicate challenges and needs at anytime to CDC

 The Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support or its 

Tribal Support Unit can connect you to the right person or 

source at CDC to help address your issue

 If you are a current grantee, let your project officer know about 

any specific challenges or issues that might be improved in the 

current or next grant cycle

 Share lessons learned with CDC and the field
Federal Register

• Official publication of the US government that

 Informs citizens of their rights and obligations

 Documents federal agencies’ 

 Provides a forum for public participation in the democratic 

process

 Publishes daily Monday–Friday, except federal holidays

• Federal agencies legally required to publish certain items

• Official site

 www.archives.gov/federal-register/the-federal-register/
Federal Register (cont.)

• Four types of entries

 Presidential documents (e.g., executive orders and 

proclamations)

 Rules and regulations (e.g., policy statements and 

interpretations of rules)

 Proposed rules (e.g., petitions for rulemaking and other 

advance proposals)

 Notices (e.g., scheduled hearings and meetings open to the 

public, grant applications, administrative orders, and other 

announcements of government actions)
Federal Register (cont.)

• Consider how information affects your program and 

stakeholders

• Provide input and comments

• Make stakeholders aware of opportunities to 

provide input and of items that affect them
• Participate today!

• Submit your comments on proposed regulations and related 

documents published by the US federal government

• Search and review original regulatory documents, as well as 

comments submitted by others

• Help improve federal regulations by submitting your 

comments
Budget Information Resources
www.cdc.gov/funding/
www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/GrantsFunding/index.html

Resources

• CDC

 Budget (CJ and related resources)

www.cdc.gov/budget/

 Grant Funding Profiles Tool 

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/FundingProfiles/FundingProfilesRIA/

 Public Health System Financing

www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/GrantsFunding/index.html

 Funding Opportunity Announcements

www.grants.gov

• President’s budget

 www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget

• US budget

 Copies (GPO)

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BUDGET

 How Congress Works: The Budget Process

www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=BudgetProcess
Resources (cont.)

• USASpending.gov

 Information on each federal award (e.g., name of entity 

receiving the award, amount of award, funding agency, award 

type) 

 www.usaspending.gov

• Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System

 Central repository for grants awarded by the 11 HHS Operating 

Divisions

 http://taggs.hhs.gov/
For more information, please contact CDC’s Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support

4770 Buford Highway NE, Mailstop E-70, Atlanta, GA 30341

Telephone: 1-800-CDC-INFO (232-4636)/TTY: 1-888-232-6348

E-mail: OSTLTSfeedback@cdc.gov Web: http://www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth

The findings and conclusions in this presentation are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position 

of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thank you!

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support